[ He sighed, looking between them, and shook his head, looking to Michael first. ]
You've nothing to apologize to me for. I don't exactly frequent the Velvet Room as it is, and I... I'm not certain I need what the Room is there to give. No offense. ...And what I have to have isn't... something I want to burden you with.
[ Another form of the power they'd been granted here? He didn't have a want to use it in the first place. And he wasn't certain what else Michael might be referring to. He'd been set outside with them, hadn't he? And was apparently just as lost, so he couldn't have been assigned as their guide, so there wasn't any reason for guilt there, right?
He looked to Kachess. ]
And I'm sorry I didn't help much more earlier. [ A glance back to Michael; it's for him as well. ] I'm just... not... a fighter. My clan protects the humans, where I'm from. But I... I stay within the castle and... I make the stained glass, and the displays for the library. I've no idea why I was placed outside the City, if I'm to help it; I'd assumed they needed an architect again to help them strengthen it, like they did before, but....
[ He looked down again, fingers burying themselves further into his feathers. He's already feeling useless out here, and the idea that he needs them to protect him, while he knows it to be true, still makes him feel guilty. ]
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You've nothing to apologize to me for. I don't exactly frequent the Velvet Room as it is, and I... I'm not certain I need what the Room is there to give. No offense. ...And what I have to have isn't... something I want to burden you with.
[ Another form of the power they'd been granted here? He didn't have a want to use it in the first place. And he wasn't certain what else Michael might be referring to. He'd been set outside with them, hadn't he? And was apparently just as lost, so he couldn't have been assigned as their guide, so there wasn't any reason for guilt there, right?
He looked to Kachess. ]
And I'm sorry I didn't help much more earlier. [ A glance back to Michael; it's for him as well. ] I'm just... not... a fighter. My clan protects the humans, where I'm from. But I... I stay within the castle and... I make the stained glass, and the displays for the library. I've no idea why I was placed outside the City, if I'm to help it; I'd assumed they needed an architect again to help them strengthen it, like they did before, but....
[ He looked down again, fingers burying themselves further into his feathers. He's already feeling useless out here, and the idea that he needs them to protect him, while he knows it to be true, still makes him feel guilty. ]
But here I am....